It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. I like when it's really organic, so I try to knock it out in one shot.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.

There's a cover for every pot, but I've never seen so many mismatched pots and covers in all my life. - Ellen Wasserfeldman, from Notes from Ellen Wasserfeldman by Alisa Dana Steinberg

[The Creator] shines in the cosmic consciousness as a painting in the mind of an artist.

A guru is a person who can radiate lights of wisdom to enlighten the path of life for others.

I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.

Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.